November, 2025
Reverse Pitch event – the VCs pitch to the tech founders
Following Reading Tech Cluster’s Investment Summit in July, our Reverse Pitch event in October flipped the format: investors took to the stage to pitch themselves to tech founders. The event gave 40 local tech founders a rare opportunity to hear directly from VCs, angels, PE firms, and corporate finance experts about what they look for […]
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What the US shut-down means for UK start-ups
One of the most publicised impacts of the US federal government shut-down is the cancellation of thousands of flights to and from and internally in the USA due to shortage of air traffic controllers who are currently not getting paid. Clearly this will affect travel to the US by UK start-ups seeking to do business […]
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Best paper at ISBE Conference, Glasgow – Entrepreneurial Finance Track
Our paper on the Connectivity and Leadership of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Actors – A Case Study of Reading– by Dr Keith Arundale, Profs Maksim Belitski, William Kilgallon (Henley Business School, University of Reading), Colin Mason (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow) was awarded Best Paper at the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) annual […]
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